Boston College graduate Colleen Shogan is back with another murder mystery for congressional staffer Kit Marshall to solve. In her latest novel, Dead as a Duck (Camel Press, 2021), the mayor of Duck, North Carolina, an upscale beach town in the Outer Banks, is found dead and Kit’s brother is a suspect. Kit Marshall is the protagonist of Shogan’s award-winning cozy mysteries series, which includes Stabbing in the Senate, Homicide in the House, and Larceny at the Library, among other titles. A former legislative staffer and executive at the Library of Congress, Shogan is the senior vice president of the White House Historical Association. Shogan earned a bachelor’s degree from BC in 1997.